I don't know about this parker, but I know they do send many of their high end items off to be appraised for originality.
I have someone I know from Colt collecting that has done buisiness with them on selling them a walker colt to buy an earlier walker they were selling. They brought in a guy from Hansen and Hansen to appraise the walker he was selling them and the walker he bought came with a letter from Hansen and Hansen about the gun. Don't know if they would do that on a $20k gun, but they certainly do on one they are looking to sell for 85k and ended up selling for $81500.
Wasn't meaning to start a discussion on originality or any of that. Was just sharing the site as I thought it had a lot of neat parkers they had sold over the years.
If you don't like Collectors, that is fine. I have dealt with them on numerous guns I have bought from them and sold to them and have always been treated fairly. They are a little pricey, but if you sell them a gun, they also pay you a good price. sold them a Colt Officers Model .22 for $650, when they put it in the case it was priced at $850 for sell.
Was just wanting to share a resource for looking at fine old parkers.
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"The Parker gun was the first and the greatest ever." Theophilus Nash Buckingham
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